linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remove io-mapping

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Message-ID: <b2060498-d724-43c6-9e36-9b571eabc541@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:57:40 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove io-mapping

On 24.07.25 16:53, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This is dead code, which was used from commit b739f125e4eb ("i915: use
> io_mapping_map_user") but reverted a month later by commit
> 0e4fe0c9f2f9 ("Revert "i915: use io_mapping_map_user"") back in 2021.
> 
> Since then nobody has used it, so remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/io-mapping.h | 231 -------------------------------------
>   mm/Kconfig                 |   4 -
>   mm/Makefile                |   1 -
>   mm/io-mapping.c            |  30 -----
>   4 files changed, 266 deletions(-)
>   delete mode 100644 include/linux/io-mapping.h
>   delete mode 100644 mm/io-mapping.c

IIUC, you're dropping the MAINTAINERS entry in the other patch already

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb